GENERAL ATOMICS lobbying for GENERAL ATOMICS

Filing 4th Quarter - Report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 16, 2026

Expenses

$1,940,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 9

BARTON ROPER

Previously held: Chief of Staff for Rep. Joe Scarborough - Dec. 1994 to Sep. 2000
MANICA NOZIGLIA

Previously held: Legislative Assistant for Senator Mark Warner - Jan 2009 - June 2013; Military Legislative Assistant for Rep. Jim Moran - June 2013 - Dec. 2014
CHRISTOPHER PEACE

Previously held: Legislative Director (January 1999 to October 2000) for Rep. Hobson
KATHERINA DIMENSTEIN

Previously held: Legislative Assistant for Senator Joni Ernst - March 2016 to January 2017 Legislative Director for Rep. David Schweikert - January 2017 to June 2018 Chief of Staff for Rep. David Schweikert - July 2018 - December 2020
EVAN POLISAR

Previously held: Senior Legislative Assistant and Rules Committee Associate for Rep. Alcee Hastings - Aug 2019 to Dec 2020; Communications Director & Senior Legislative Assistant for Rep. Alcee Hastings - May 2016 to July 2019
TIMOTHY WOLVERTON

Previously held: Legislative Director for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith - (April 2018-December 2024); Senior Policy Advisor for Senator Thad Cochran - (November 2017-March 2018); Legislative Assistant for Senator Thad Cochran - (December 2013-October 2017)
HANNAH KELLY SHEA

Previously held: Staff-Rep. David Valadao (2016-2017); Staff-Rep. Steve Womack (2017-2019)
STEPHEN JONES New on this filing

Previously held: Senate Liaison, Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaison (2023-2024)
NORA KHALIL

Previously held: PSM-House Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee (2023-2024); PSM-Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Committee (2020-2023);Associate Administrator for External Affairs, National Nuclear Security Administration (2017-2020)

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 18

Air Force, Dept of
Army, Dept of (Other)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
Energy, Dept of
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Natl Guard
Navy, Dept of
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
U.S. Marines

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 3

S 1071
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
HR 5371
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions …
HR 4016
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

Lobbying activity 5

Defense

S.1071 - An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. as it pertains to Department of Defense (DOD) Procurement Programs. S.1071 - An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. as it pertains too DOD Research and Development Programs. S.1071 - An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. as it pertains to Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Sensor and Payload Technologies. S.1071 - An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. as it pertains to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to DOD Procurement Programs. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to DOD Research and Development Programs. H.R.4016 - Making appropriations for the DOD for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to RPA Sensor and Payload Technologies. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to UAS.

Energy/Nuclear

H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to inertial confinement fusion. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to inertial confinement fusion targets, magnetic fusion research and development, nuclear research and development, accident tolerant fuel, and Energy Multiplier Module (EM2)-compact fast nuclear concepts.

Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authorization legislation for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 as it pertains to UAS. DHS authorization legislation for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 as it pertains to RPA Sensor and Payload Technologies. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to UAS. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to RPA Sensor and Payload Technologies.

Foreign Relations

H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and UAS Foreign Military Sales (FMS). H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) FMS.

Aerospace

S.1071 - An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes as it pertains to small satellite systems. S.1071 - An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes as it pertains to small satellite subsystems and satellite propulsion systems. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to small satellite systems. H.R.5371 - Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes as it pertains to small satellite subsystems and satellite propulsion systems.